As stated in the article "(AABA), a
nonprofit agency, has served the citizens of Routt County by assisting victims of domestic
abuse and sexual violence and their family members through crisis services,
supportive counseling, advocacy, and community education. Since 1983, AABA
has been dedicated to decreasing and ultimately eliminating domestic and
sexual violence".

This research report, supported by the
National Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, looks
at how States and the Federal Government collect data on the incidence of sexual
and domestic violence offenses. It identifies ways in which States could centralize data collection and examines problems of Federal
statistical record keeping of criminal complaints of domestic violence-related.

"Noting with grave concern the widespread occurrence of sexual violence
in violation of the fundamental right to personal security as recognized in international human rights and humanitarian
law, which inflicts serious harm and injury to the victims, their families and communities, and which has
been a cause of coerced displacement including refugee movements in some areas of the world."

New York City--Urging the United States
Supreme Court to permit a case of male-on-male sexual harassment to go to trial, fourteen groups against sexual violence, represented by Catharine A.
MacKinnon, filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiff, Joseph
Oncale.

Rape and sexual violence against
women have been used as tools of war for centuries. International law provides
sanctions for individuals who perpetrate these war crimes. However, military
officers and even state leaders who order soldiers to rape have rarely
been held accountable or prosecuted. Linda Malone, professor of law, is
working to change that.

Male on Male Rape: The Hidden Toll of Stigma
and Shame examines a form of violence that, despite worldwide prevalence,
remains vastly underreported and unrecognized. Michael Scarce, coordinator
of a rape education and prevention program and a survivor of male adult
rape, investigates the substantial effects of male-on-male sexual violence
on individuals and society, dispelling popular myths and questioning why
most communities cannot or will not confront the problem of same-sex sexual
violence.

Violence Against Women in South Africa
illuminates the damage done by those whose job is to serve and protect.
Many of the state personnel interviewed had
not even heard of the Prevention of Family Violence Act,
while others claimed that the act would undermine the sacred institution of marriage.

"The National Coalition Against
Sexual Assault is a feminist organization which provides leadership to
the movement to end sexual violence through advocacy, education and public
policy. Our vision is to eliminate sexual assault and all forms of oppression. We work to attain
quality services for victims/survivors and we challenge the nation to commit
to a rape-free culture."

"The campaign aims to
inspire people to talk about sexual violence," says McConnell. "One workshop
was designed specifically for women survivors of sexual violence to let
women know that they're not alone on campus and there
are other women who are dealing with the same issues."

"
Sexual violence has always been a problem. With increasing knowledge of
the prevalence of sexual assault in the U.S. and the world, more and more
people are growing aware that it exists even within their own communities.
One result of that awareness is an increase in services and protections
for victim/survivors. However, it is important to place sexual violence
within a context of society and its structure, for this form of assault
has an impact well beyond the individual or even close friends and family
members."

"Sexual violence is not a man's disease-it is a cancer of society. Unfortunately, we are not properly taught how to prevent such acts
of violence in our society. Through education we can begin to treat the symptoms of sexual violence at their earliest stages."This is a copy of the Rutgers site.

We are a political educational
group committed to public activism. Our principle goal is to encourage
more men to take responsibility for our personal sexism as well as the
overwhelming level of violence against women in our society.

Reclaim the Night is a march and rally against
sexual violence for women and children held on the last Friday of October
every year. It began in Britain in 1977 in response to a public announcement that women should stay home at night if they wanted to
be safe.

In Shattered Lives: Sexual
Violence During the Rwandan Genocide and its Aftermath, released today,
Human Rights Watch and the Federation Internationale des Ligues des Droits
de l'Homme (FIDH) provide detailed and disturbing testimonies from women
who survived horrific attacks on their families and themselves, only to
face a future complicated by laws and practices that discriminate against
them and social services that cannot begin to meet their needs.

The Support Center
Against Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault is just one of the many
organizations with which RSVP of the Upper Valley and White Mountains (VT/NH)
works to get things done in the Upper Valley.

The Texas Journal of Women and the
Law will sponsor its 2nd Annual Symposium, "Family Law: Emerging Issues,"
on Friday, March 6, 1998, at The University of Texas School of Law. The
purpose of the symposium is to bring awareness to issues which are complicated
by the intersection of family law with other topics of gender.

Unlike many other outrageous
actions committed during war and ethnic upheaval, sexual violence and rape
directed primarily at women and children often result in their stigmatization
within the communities where support is expected. The traumatic stress for a woman
may last a lifetime and if a child is born, may continue for another generation.

Women Among the people hit hardest by the violence and
uncertainty of displacement are young girls, elderly widows, single mothers –women. As
a rule of thumb, more than 75 percent of these
destitute displaced people are women and their dependent children.

The
Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault (WCASA) promotes the social
change needed to end sexual violence in Wisconsin. Our mission is
to support a statewide network of concerned individuals and organizations
as they work toward this goal.